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BMJ 2006; 333 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39057.387593.BE (Published 07 December 2006) Cite this as: BMJ 2006;333:0-g
- Douglas Kamerow, US editor (dkamerow@bmj.com)
Many patients with mildly to moderately severe community-acquired pneumonia are switched from intravenous to oral antibiotics early in their hospital stay to cut costs and get them out of hospital. Jan Oosterheert et al tested this strategy on patients with severe pneumonia in a randomized trial (doi: 10.1136/bmj.38993.560984.BE). They found that if the patients were clinically stable on …